Geography
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late 15th century: from French géographie or Latin geographia, from Greek geōgraphia, from gē ‘earth’ + -graphia ‘writing’.
wiktionary
From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία(geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”), from γῆ(gê, “ earth”) + γράφω(gráphō, “ write”).
Use in reference to lavatories derives from the mid-20th century euphemism "show one the geography of the house" in reference to pointing out the toilets.
etymonline
geography (n.)
"the science of description of the earth's surface in its present condition," 1540s, from French géographie (15c.), from Latin geographia, from Greek geographia "description of the earth's surface," from geo- "earth" + -graphia "description" (see -graphy).
